Sometimes people only see horrible, terrible things in my paintings.

Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future.

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

I was my mother's favorite, and she'd help me with everything.